Multiple trip container



Dec. 8, 1931. BURGESS 1,835,461

MULTIPLE TRIP CONTAINER Original Filed, May 2, 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet l 4 13 4 .Y 10 3 fiat-1 4 9 23 2o 1 L -7 26 W 24 Z A INVENTOR Dec. 8, 1931. BURGESS 1,835,461.

MULTIPLE TRIP CONTAINER Original Filed May 2, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 [NI/EN OR Dec. 8, 1931. L.. BURGESS 1,835,461

MULTIPLE TRIP CON'TAINER Original Filed May 2, 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTO R Patented Dec. 8, 1931 7 PATENT OFFICE LOUIS FURGESSg. OF ROSELLILFIEW JERSEY MULTIPLE TRIP CONTAINER.

' Application filed May 2 ,"1929; Serial No. 359,796. Renewed April- 15, 1931.-

The invention will be fully 'understood.

fromthe following description read inconunctmn with the drawingsfln which F 1g. 1 1s a PGISPGCUVQVIGW ofa contalner to which my invention maybe applied! Fig. 2 is a top View of a stamping adapted to be combined with the container shown in Fig.1, for the purpose-ofretaining and displaying addresses. I

Fig.3 is an end view of Fig. 2.-

Fig. 4 is a section through Fig. 2 on the plane denoted by the line I-I.' 1

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the container shown in Fig. lwith the stampingshown in Fig. 2 attached.

' Fig. 6 is any end view of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 shows Fig. 5 with an address inserted, and

Fig. Sis a side elevation of a cover adapted to be telescopically fitted over Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a section through Fig. 2 onlthe planedenoted by the-line IIII. 1

Fig. 10 'is a View of the cover shown in Figs. 8 and 16 at a right angle to the views shown in Figs. 8 and 16 and partly in section.

i Fig. 11 is a viewof the open endof Fig. 10. Fig. 12 shows various views of a latching device carried by the cover 10. a

Fig. bent to form.

The unlatching device-is shownin perspec tive in Fig. 14.

Fig. 15 is aview of theclosed end of the cover shown in Fig. 10. i r V Fig. 16 is a side elevation of the cover shown in Fig. 8, with parts in sectiom Fig. 17 is a broken" side view of aform of container alternative to that shown "in Fig. 5.

Fig.18 is'a side view of a form of cover having certaln features in addition to those carried'by the cover shown in Figs. Sand 10.

Fig. 19 is an end view of Fig. 17.

. Fig. is:a view of the open end of Fig. 18,

= Figs. 5, 6 and 7.

13 shows a stamping adaptedito be The mailingacontainer 1, (Fig. 1) to-which my invention may be applied, has an open end 2 and an end 3 either permanently or detachably closed by any suitable means. The invention is particularly applicable to a container such as illustrated in Fig. 1, in which the length is a plurality of times the major dimension of the open end. The container may have any cross-section, thus formethod of making the address holder to be 7 combined with the container 1, consists. in forming a: stamping, which may be of sheetmetal such as 4; shown in 'F ig. 2. This stamping has openings such as 5 and 6' formed by cutting-out parts of'theoriginal sheet, and the margins of the open portions are upset to. form the frames 7 and 8 which are adapted to marginally over-lay a card or sheet of paper.

The frames 7 and S are preferably spaced apart so that a channel: 9 is left between the upset portions 7 and 8, and slots such as 10. and 11 are preferably left along anedge of each frame to permit theinsertion of... card on which an address has. been inscribed. Apertures 12 and 13 are preferably formed in the end ofthestamping 4, the purpose of;

which opening will be hereinafter described. The stamping 4 is. then fitted aboutthe-tuber 1 asillustrated in Fig. '5 and as shown in end view inFig. 6. It will be noted that the stamping l'has been bent-to a cylindrical .form and that the frames 7 and 8 after the stamping is bent are of arc'uate cross-section. In consequence of this-arcuate' form, whenever a card carrying an address: is inserted through slot 10 orll', which slots lie adjacent tube 1, the slightamount of spring which is present in the card will cause the edges thereof, once the card is fully inserted to snap up away from the slots and to bear against frame 7 or 8 by which the card will be securely retained. Conversely, the card can be removed at any time by simple pressing it against the body of the tube 1, and sliding it out of the retaining frame through one of said slots. The longitudinal section of a frame such as 7 which appears in Fig. 9 illustrates the overturned flange 14 which is adjacent to slot 10, and which over-turned flange operates to retain the address card whenever inserted through the slot 10.

Whenever it is desired to use the tube 1, the address of the desired recipient together with the necessary stamps on a suitable card is fitted in one of the frames as illustrated inFig. 7, and the address of the sender to- I gether with the necessary stamps for return of the devicemay be fitted into the other address holder. It will of course be understood,

that I may, if desired, adapt the device for mailing to more than two persons in succession and for this purpose may provide any desired number of address holders disposed about the surface of the tube 1.

I employ in combination with this multiple trip device a cover such as 20 shown in Fig. 8 which has an open portion 21 in the skirt 22 thereof. This cover has an open end 23, adapted to pass over the tube 1, and the attached address holders shownin Fig. 7. The other end of the cover 20 may of course ,be equipped with any suitable closure 24.

This cover may then be placed in position uncovering and displaying any desired address such as the address of the first recipient,

and when it has arrived at its destination may be remailed or forwarded to a second recipient by simply replacing the cover with a turn sufiicient to uncover the address of the second desired recipient. It will be noted, that owing to the form described, the tube itself operates to hold the address card inasmuch as it constitutes a back for the retaining frames 7 and 8 and that an exceptionally compact and light weight mailing device may be economically constructed having a mini- -mum number of, parts and susceptible of economical fabrication.

Ifind 1t advisable to-provide some means for guiding the cover accurately into position uncovering any selected address, and for this reason I may PI'OVIdB any suitable form of guide which compels the cover to pass over the tube 1 into position uncovering any selected address. As pointed out heretofore, the upsetting of stamping 4 shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, to form the retaining frames 7 and 8 automatically forms a channel 9 and when the stamping 4 is fitted about the. tube 1, twov longitudinal channels 9 and 9a are'formed as illustrated in end view in Fig. 6. I prefer to utilize these channels for the guidance of the cover into correct position, and I may accomplish this purpose by providing a projection of any sort on the inner surface of the cover 20. Such a guide may be easily and conveniently formed, if the cover is of metal, by indenting a portion of the cover, and I prefer to indent the cover to form panels in the skirt thereof, such as 25 and 26, one of which appears in side view in Fig. 10, and both of which appear in end View in Fig. 11.

In additioii'to guiding the cover appropriately into position, I find it advisable to pro- Vide some means for latching it in position. A particularly simple device for this purpose consists of the spring 30 shown in various presentations in Fig. 12, which may be riveted or soldered to the cover as illustrated in Fig. 10. This spring has camming surfaces 31 which operate to force it within the stamping 4 when attached to the tube as shown in Figs. 5 and 7, whereupon the spring snaps into position with the projections 32 and 33 securely fixed in the holes 12 and 13, which holes are adjacent the extremity of the open end of the tube 1 as shown in Figs. 5 and 7 Owing to the form of the projections 32 and 33, the'latching mechanism cannotbe dislodged except by the practical destruction of the spring 30, and I provide a means for releasing this spring to unlatch the cover which means may be operated from the exterior of the mailing device. This means may also be simply and conveniently fabricated from a stamping such as 40 shown in Fig. 13, the furcations 41 and 42 may then be oppositely bent at right angles to the body portion 42a to form the projecting lugs and 44 shown in Fig. 14. The holes 45 and 4Greoeive the ends 47 and 48 of the spring 30. The stamping 40 projects through the slot 50 (Fig. 12) of the spring 30, and through a corresponding slot 50a in the end 24 of the cover 20, (Fig. 15). The furcations 51 and 52 (Fig. 13) may be bent over after the piece 40 has been inserted in position to form a handle 53 by which the spring 30 may be released at any time desired. 7

A convenient method of releasing the device is to insert a knife edge under the handle 53 and lift it thereby, which automatically retracts the projections 32 and 33 of the spring 30 (Fig. 10) thereby releasing them from the slots 12' and 13 and permitting the free removal of the cover. It is an addi tional feature of the invention that the handle 53 lies nearly flushed with the end 24 of the cover 20 so that the handle may be ccmented in position, for example, by the use of sealing wax and the device cannot thereafter be opened except by destroying the seal.

I may construct my container in a great variety of forms, those described being only for the purpose of illustration, thus for example, instead of attaching a separate stamping such as 4 heretofore described, I may form the address holder integral with the body portion 1, by partially severing clip portions such as 60 from the tube (Fig. 17 and upsetting these as shown in Figs. 17 and 19 to form a marginal retaining frame for the address card. The position of a card in the frame is indicated by 61 and 61a (Figs. 17 and 19). It will be observed that owing to the spring of the card, it presses snugly against the tube 1 along its mid portion of the card, and presses upwardly against the clips 60 along its edge portion.

I find it advisable to provide my cover 20 with inwardly projecting clips such as 63 shown in Figs. 20 and 21 which do not interfere with the replacement or removal of the cover 20 as they clear the clips 60, butas the cover is removed these clips will engage a card which has been placed in position in the address holder and automatically tear it out of the retaining frame, thereby practically insuring that the cover will not be replaced in a newposition. This same cover may of course be employed in combination with an address holder such as that formed from stamping 4, heretofore described, but suitable modifications must be made as shown in Fig. 22; thus, frames 7 and 8 must be cut away at places such as to permit the free passage of the inwardly projecting clips 63 carried by the cover so that these may seize and destroy an address card over which they pass. In this case it is convenient to place the slots 10 and 11 longitudinally with respect to the tube 1 as illustrated in Fig. 22.

The specific embodiments of my invention hereinbefore described, are for purposes of illustration and not byway of limitation. It is my intention that the invention be limited only by the following claims or their equivalents in which I have endeavored to claim broadly all inherent novelty.

I claim: 7

l. A multiple trip container comprising two telescopically fitting members, means for retaining a pluralityof addresses on the interior member, an opening in the exterior member, and means for causing the telescopic members to assume different positions relative to each other, whereby the said addresses may be successively displayed.

2. A container according to claim 1, in which the telescopically fitting members are of tubular form.

3. A multiple trip container comprising a receptacle, a cover for said receptacle having a skirt telescopically fitting said receptacle, means for retaining a plurality of addresses on that portion of the sides of said receptacle covered by said skirt, and an opening in the skirt of said cover adapted to display a different address in successive positions of said cover. 7

4. A container according to claim 3, comprising; ini addition-means foir latchingr saidi coverrin: replacedposition... V 5;..A container according to-claim 3,..come prisingeiir addition; means-Within said cover adapted toplatch the same in replaced'posiL-I tion-,.tl1e: said; latching-means being manually= releasable from the. exterior; of. the con? tainer;

(itIA-Lcontaineraccording to claim 3, com prising in addition means within said cover adapted to latch same in replaced position, the said latching means being manually releasable by means of a handle lying substantially flush with the exterior of said container.

7. A container according to claim 3, comprising in addition guides permitting said skirt to be replaced only in position displaying an address.

8. A container according to claim 3, comprising in addition means for causing the removal of said cover to destroy a displayed address.

9. A container according to claim 3, in which the said receptacle and cover are of tubular form.

10. A mail container comprising a receptacle, a notch in said receptacle adjacent the open end thereof, a cover for said receptacle and a latching mechanism for said cover comprising a spring bent to form a projection, and a camming surface, which camming surface is adapted to force said projection within said receptacle as said cover is replaced, whereupon the said projection registers with the said notch.

11. A container according to claim 10 in which the projection of said spring is manually releasable from the exterior of said container.

12. A container comprising address retaining frames spaced to form channels extending longitudinally along the side of said container in combination with a telescopically fitting cover provided with an inwardly extending portion adapted to track in said channel.

13. A multiple trip container, comprising a cylindrical receptacle, a cover for said receptacle having a skirt telescopically fitting said receptacle, means for retaining a plurality of addresses on that portion of the side of said receptacle covered by said skirt, the said address retaining means comprising a frame adapted to marginally over-lay an ad- .dress card, the said frame havingan arcuate cross-section, and an opening along one edge for insertion of an address card, the said opening being provided with an over-turned flange along the said edge; an opening in the skirt of said cover adapted to display a different address in successive positions of said cover, the said address retaining means being spaced to form a channel extending longitudinally with respect to said container, an

inward projection on the said skirt adapted to track in said channel, an expansible spring carried by said cover, which spring has a projection and a camming surface, a notch in the side of said receptacle adapted to receive the said projection, and means for releasing the said projection from said notch operable from the exterior of said container.

LOUIS BURGESS. 

